Holding device for embroidery work



Get. 2 1923.

.J. A. KIRCHGESSNER HOLDING DEVICE FOR EMBROIDERY WORK Filed Nov. 17. 1921 Brain/515i? M ml W1 m w W S a M J 3D fingers "of the" persondoin'g the embroider- V in becomingbramped,

Patented Uct. 2, 1923.

UNI-TED. STATES PATE JOSEPH A. KIRCHGESSNER, or BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

HOLDING DEVICE FOR. EMBROIDERY WORK. I

' Application filedNovember 17, 1921. Serial Iva 515,812;

iTo aZZ iohom it md y concewt:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. KIRoHeEss- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing at .Buflalo, in the county. of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holding Devices for Embroidery Work, of which the following is a specification.

.My invention relates to a device for holding embroidery work, the embroidery. ma

terial being held under proper tensionby reason of its'being clamped between the usual embroidery hoops so as to permit the ready passage of a needle through the material along the pattern stamped or other.- wise marked thereon.

The primary object oflmy invention is the provision or" a simpleand practical device of this kind whereby any size of embroidery .hoops may be easily retained in position so that the linen or other material stretched '7-17, Fig. 2.

thereon can be conveniently worked [upon with both hands free for manipulating the needle'and thread. i a

' Another object of my invention is" to providei a device of this kind which can be attached to a table, to the arm of a} chair, or to any other object, soth-at the embroidery work need not be held by the hand, which is commonlydone and which results in the especially when using hoops of small size. 5 v v A further object of my invention is to provide a device of this class having an expansible and contractible hoop holder, a convenient support to which the hoop holder 'may be readily attached and from which'it may be as easily removed, and simple means for attaching the supportto a clamp, whereby the entire device maybe secured to a table or other object. p 1 I I The inventionconsistsin the novel features of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out 'in'the subjoined claims.

Referring to the drawings forming part hereof, v j

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing my improved device attached to a table top and having a pair of embroidery hoops attached thereto, with a piece of embroidery material stretched across the opening of said hoops. p

' Fig. 2 is asectional elevation of the device as attached to a table top other sup- 5 port.

hoop holder or retainer, showing the two Fig. ,3 is a detached perspective view of 7 one end of the expansible and contractible loops thereof arran ged "at right anglesto: J

eachother, one loop being fastened to the .end ofsaid holder or retainer-and the other being fastenedto said last-mentioned loop.

ig. .4 is a perspective view ofajportion ,of the hoop holder or retainer along the;

region of the loops thereof and in the form .in which it appears when supporting embroidery hoop V I Fig.v 5 is a horizontal section through the Fig. 2. I Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the support. l

complete-hoop holder or retainer and the hoops supported thereby, taken onlline 5 5,

Fig. 7 s a vertical section taken on line- Fig. 8 is a cross section taken on line 8, 18,

, Fig. 4:, with the upper end of the, support one of theloo'ps of the shown inserted into hoop-holder or'retainer.

lVhile in the drawings I have shown the i device attached to a horizontal table topor other object, with the result that parts thereof are either vertically'or horizontally dise posed, I desire it'to be understood that the device may be attached to a vertically-dis.- .posed object, in which case theseveralparts of the device will bedisposed atlright arr-- gles to the positions shown in the drawings;

orthe devicemay be attached to an angur:

larly-disposed object in which the parts'of the device will be disposedfobliquely .to either a horizontal or a vertical pl'ane. The exact disposition of the device is therefore a matter of choice, as. it might be found more convenient by one person to place'it in an angular position or even n a position in,

which the piece oflen'ibroider-y is in avertical plane; and for thisreason, where in the specification the words horizontal or horizontally 'or,the words vertical 'or vertically: are employed, it is not appli cants intention to restrict himself to such positions, as these terms are employed only in the sense ofdescribing positions or parts as they appear in the drawing, and the position of such' parts will necessarily be changed when p'ositioningthe device otherwise than shown in the drawing.

Having ference mor particularly to the? member *has a clamping-screw; 17 threaded therethrough' which is provided with a handle 18f'for conveniently manipulating H 15 i the same,and-'to theuupperor inner end of sai'd'screw a clamplngfhead. 19 is rotatably mounted in" the usual manner, said head being'ada pt'ed to firmly eng'ag'eithe under side of the table top l'l o-r other obj ect. to {which the clamp may be attached, thus 'drawing" down' the upper clamp member 1% againstthe upper'slde of the table top or respectively,

' tion other object.

pad

clampmember'. H

Extendingthrough thevupp er end of. the clamp 12 andarranged parallel with the upper and lower elamp members 14, 15, is a'slot' 21, and formed through the upper wall of said slot and at right angles thereto is a transverse slot'22 having fitswalls beveled downwardly so as .to gradually diminish the width of the same from the outer surfaceof said upper wall to the inner surface thereof} Eae'Cured at one endto the .upper surface ofsmd wall is a flat. spr1ng]23.hav1ng a- V-shaped lock 1301'- for aipurpose to appear hereinafter.

'des1gnates a support which 1s formed of strip or bar of metal-having an upright or body portion 26'which is bent at a right angle near one end thereof to form a foot 27 adapted to he entered in the slot 21 of the clamp, said f oot h'a'ving L a transverse V- shaped depression 28, which isbrought into registration with the transvers'eslot 22' in said clamp and is engaged. by thep0inted edge offthe V-shaped lock portion24 so that'said support is securely locked to the clamp. The upri htf'or hodyportion 26 is bent atla right angle atits upper end, as at 2'9, but in adirect-ion opposite the foot 27 and. the, outer end of said bent portion 29 Jtermina't'es inan upwardly-directed arm 30.

3 An expansible and; contractible self con forming. and adjustable hoopholder or renarrow strip of spr1ng. mater1al. curved in tainer 31Yisprovided, which; is formed of 'a the formnof a ring, and adaptedlto assume the shape of] the hoops to be held thereby, whether sald hoops are circular, as shown in full linesih-Fig. 5.;.oval,las shown indot'ted lines in saidfigure; or otherwise, The hoop The. particular."

, In'order to prevent n iarring of thetalole top or other object, a felt 20 is appliedto the under side of theupper 2,4: which extends'through' the slot 22,

holder or retainer is: self-conforming, for thereason that it is made of a narrow strip of spring material, and while normally circular curved-inthe-form of a ring, on account of its flexibility it is capable "of assunning: the shape: of an oval hoop, or any other form of embroidery hoop now in use,

and in applying-it; within the hoop it will formation ofthe latter.- in a limited conform to the exact It is expansibleorcontractihle, sense, owingito its flexibility.

, Q ne end' of J said strip ofrspring material 1s soldered in a loop 32-and the -strip i's then curved-into circular form. with the othei 'end. thereof passed" through said loop 'and; desired, spaced" a considerable distance from the" loop so as to bring and retain anfintemiediate portion; ofthestripwith nthe'loop so' arranged. The' spring hoop-holder or-retaih'er has a' g ven diameter,"w-hich may-be dim nished by sllding the strip" through said loop in one direction, 'andfincreasedby sliding it. 1n the opposite" direction, The

hoop holder isadjustalole,inaddition'to'being 9 7 self conforming, and expansible and Icon-v tractible reason 'ofits construction and the employment ofthe loops arr ang'edgatrone endoff the strip 'foriningthe holder permits,

of? enlarging or diminishing theisijze off the holder so that it'may 'b'e use d'for holding a large number of'sizes of? embroidery hoops. The free end of the strip forming said hoop holden or retainer. is preferably curved;

into the form ofnnzeye, as at 33, so that when the strip is drawn inone direction or V outwardly through the loop 32, said" eye ':w-ill come in Contact with saidlloopi and prevent withdrawal of the free,-end1o f saidi istrip tliroug'h, the loop, thereby assuring aoircular. formation at all times,2exceptwhen "said holder or retainer'hisk pla,ced; within embroidery hoops which are nonecaroular in'sh'ape;

Soldered or otherwise-securedtomen-mar ,side'of' the-loop 32,.whilch may be, referred to. asa horizontal loop, is, a, second, loop; 34

, arranged at a. rigl1tangle to the 16 0 32,

are

'anc'l-whichma'y herefer'red'to asoavertioal loop adapted ton receive the upwardlydirected arm 30' of the support 25,..therightangled portion 29 ofsaid support, extending its outwardlyund'erneaththe hooprh'old er or retainer, as clearly. shown in Figs, 2.v

That portion: of] the hoop liold'er or.v retainer between the loop-:32 audit-he,v free; end of the stripv of material formihg fthe same may-be referred to as the surrounded portion of the holder. on retainer, since a complete, circlei's formed by.v the. strip of] material' from, the end. thereof secured. to the loop to that. portion thereof entering the loop: inside of. the o securedi end? thereof, as :at

35, 4; that portion extending inwardlybeyond the loop. 32 and: referred. to as; the

surrounded portion, being utilized to. in-

use

crease the diameter of the hoop-holder, if desired. 7

The hoop-holder or retainer is adapted to be fitted into the inner of two hoops 36, 37 between which the embroidery material 38 is adapted to be clamped in the usual manner, said material as shown in Fig. 1 having any suitable pattern outlined thereon, ac cording to which the material is to be embroidered. 1

Assuming the inner diameter of the inner hoop 34 to be four inches, the flexible strip forming the hoop-holder or retaineris adjusted so it will snugly fit within said'inner hoop and by grasping the strip at any convenient point outside of the loop 32 and pulling the surrounded portion of the strip out-' wa-rdly, or by graspingthe surrounded portion of thestrip and particularly the eye 31 at the free end thereof and pushlng the surrounded portion outwardly, the holder or retainer can be firmly fixed within the inner hoop so as to sustain both'hoops and the material to be embroidered and clamped therebetween. In this manner a substantial hoop-holder or retainer is provided which 1 supports the hoop-clamped material in; a

manner that substantially the entire exposed and stretched area of the material is accessible from both the top and bottom or, m other words, from opposite sides, and 1t wlll not be necessary by the use of this holding device to grasp the hoop with either hand.

Thus, both hands are free forembroidering,

thereby assuring greater capacity and con venience and eliminating all possibility of the fingers or hands becoming cramped, due to holding the hoops in a fixed position,.as is now necessary. 7

' It is apparent, due tothe flexibility of the strip of material from which the hoopholder or retainer is formed, that it may be forced out of circular shape and assume an oval shape, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5, as some embroidery hoops are so formed, and as the tendency of the flexible strip forming the hoop-holder or retaineris always to assume a true circular formation, the strip will hold oval embroidery hoopsin a secure manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. A holding device for embroidery work, comprising a self-conforming expansible and contractible hoop-holder adapted to hold a pair of embroidery hoops having embroidery material clamped therebetween, and means for supporting said hoop-holder. 2. A holding device for embroidery work,

comprising an expansible and contractible ameter of said ring,

supporting said hoop-holder in amanner to expose substantially the entire area of opposite sides of the stretched portion of said embroidery material. I

3. A holding device for embroidery work,

comprising an adjustable self-conforming ring capable of being varied in diameter to fit within embroidering hoops of diiferent diameters, a clamp-' adapted to be secured tofan" object, and a support removably'apmovably applied thereto.

plied to said cl mp and having'said ring re-' A. In a device of the kind described, the

combination with a pair of embroidery hoops fitting one within the other, of a holding device for said hoops comprising an expansible and contractible ring formed of a strip of spring material fitting within the inner of said embroidery hoops and having v I a loop secured to one end thereof and, a .por,-

tion thereof passed through and extended beyond said loop to' permit of sliding a portion of said material back and forth through said loop to increase and means for supporting said rin i 5. A holding device for embroidery work, comprising 7 an expansible and contractible .rmg formed of a strip of flexible material having a loop secured to one end thereof. and a portion thereof passed through and extended beyond said loop to permit of slid mg a portion of said material back and forth through said loop to increase or 'diminish the diameter ofsaid ring, loop secured to said first-mentioned loop and arranged at a right angle thereto, and a support having a portionthereof inserted into said second loop to support said ring.

6. A holding device for embroidery work, i 105 comprising an expansible and contractible rlng adapted to be engaged with the inner surface of the inner of a pair of hoops hav- 7 ing embroidery material stretched thereover and clamped therebetween, a loop secured to the inner side of said ring and arranged at an angle to the surface of the stretched .portionof the embroidery material, a'iclamp adapted to be secured'to a table or other object, and a support removably secured to said clamp and formed of a bar having one end bent at a right angle and terminating in an arm extendmg into said loop a second or diminish the di- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH A. xmonenssimak. 

